a Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy , Aarhus University Hospital , Aarhus , Denmark.
b Department of Occupational Therapy , VIA University College , Aarhus , Denmark.
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2019;14(1):1563428. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2018.1563428.
Elderly patients often receive care and rehabilitation from different providers across healthcare settings. Collaboration between hospital and primary care providers is therefore essential to ensure that the discharge and transition of rehabilitation is coherent. However, research that focuses on elderly patients' experiences of the discharge, and their everyday lives after, has attracted little attention.
This study explores elderly patients' experiences of being discharged and returning to everyday lives after discharge from a short-stay unit at the Emergency Department.
Eleven qualitative interviews with elderly patients were conducted two weeks after their discharge. The transcribed interviews were analysed using systematic text condensation.
The study identified four themes related to the participants experiences. In the participants perspective it was difficult, due to fatigue and pain, to perform daily activities after discharge. Participants who experienced not being prepared and clarified in relation to their discharge continued to have concerns for the future. They also experienced some challenges related to lack of being involved and lack of receiving the information needed.
The findings contribute with impotant knowledge about elderly patients' experiences and concerns which should be taken into consideration in the discharge planning process .
老年患者经常在不同的医疗机构接受来自不同提供者的护理和康复。因此，医院和初级保健提供者之间的合作对于确保康复的出院和过渡具有至关重要的意义。然而，对于老年患者出院后的经历以及他们出院后的日常生活的研究却很少受到关注。
本研究探讨了老年患者在从急诊科短期住院病房出院后重新回归日常生活时的体验。
在出院后两周对 11 名老年患者进行了 11 次定性访谈。对转录的访谈进行了系统文本冷凝分析。
研究确定了与参与者体验相关的四个主题。参与者认为，由于疲劳和疼痛，出院后很难进行日常活动。那些觉得自己在出院方面没有得到充分准备和澄清的人，仍然对未来感到担忧。他们还经历了一些与缺乏参与和缺乏所需信息相关的挑战。
这些发现提供了关于老年患者体验和关注点的重要知识，这些知识应该在出院计划过程中加以考虑。
